PTI gets lion's share of reserved seats in NA

Imran party bags 33, PML-N 18 and PPP 11 seats reserved for women, minorities

ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) upcoming government will be heavily dependent on seven smaller parties as the final tally of seats of Imran Khan’s party in the National Assembly is almost equal to the combined strength of three main opposition groups.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday notified the members on reserved seats for women and non-Muslims in the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies proportionate to the number of seats different political parties won through direct election on July 25.

After the addition of reserved seats, the PTI has 158 seats in the National Assembly. It had won 116 seats in the polls and nine independents joined the PTI later. The PTI has got 28 reserved seats for women and five for non-Muslims.

However, it will have to vacate six seats — four out of five won by Imran Khan and one each by Sarwar Khan and Major (retd) Tahir Sadiq respectively – at the time of oath taking scheduled for August 13 (tomorrow).



Till the by-polls are held on those seats, the PTI would actually have 152 seats of its own in the lower house of parliament which elects the prime minister. There are 60 reserved seats for women and 10 for non-Muslims in the 342-member National Assembly.

Among the opposition parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has 82 seat after the addition of 18 reserved seats — including 16 for women and two for non-Muslims, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has 53 seat with the addition of 11 reserved seats — nine for women and two for non-Muslims.

The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) now has 15 seats after the addition of three reserved seats — two for women and one for non- Muslim.

The combined strength of those three parties will be 150 — only two less than the PTI’s own strength at the time of formation of the government next week.

The PTI will be relying on seven parties to form the government. Those parties have the combined strength of 27 members.



With addition of reserved seats, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) would have seven seats, the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) five, the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) three, the Balochistan National Party (BNP) four, the Awami Muslim League and Jamori Watan Party one each.

The PML-Q has won four general seats and one women seat has been allocated to it. But, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, who had won two seats of the National Assembly, has opted to contest for the office of the Punjab Assembly speaker. Now both of his NA seats would fall vacant.

This means around 25 members of these parties will be there at the time of election of prime minister, speaker and deputy speaker. Elections were postponed at two NA constituencies – NA 60 Rawalpindi and NA-103 Faisalabad – while results are withheld at NA-215 Sanghar due to litigation.

Punjab Assembly

In the 371-member Punjab Assembly, the PTI is leading with 179 seats followed by the PML-N with 164 seats, the PML-Q with 10 seats and the PPP with seven seats. There are four independent candidates in the provincial legislature.

Elections were postponed in three constituencies and results of another three are withheld due to pending litigation. There are 66 reserved seats for women and eight for non-Muslims in the provincial legislature.

The PTI had won 119 seats through direct election, while 23 MPAs joined it later. Now on the basis of its 142 seats, it has been allocated 33 women’s seats and four non-Muslim’s seats.

The PML-N had won 129 seats while one independent candidate had joined it later. It has been allocated 30 women and four non-Muslim seats.

The PML-Q won seven general seats while one independent candidate joined it later. It has been allocated two women reserved seats. The PPP had won six general seats and one women seat has been given to it.



Sindh Assembly

In the 168-member Sindh Assembly, the PPP is leading with a total of 97 seats. The PTI has 30 seats, the MQM 21, the GDA 13, the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) three and the MMA one seat. In the Sindh Assembly, there are 29 seats reserved for women and nine for non-Muslims.

The PPP had won 75 seats through direct election. It has been allotted 17 women’s and five non-Muslim seats. The PTI had won 23 seats. It has been allocated five women’s seats and two non-Muslim seats.

The MQM had won 16 general seats; it has been allocated four women’s and one non-Muslim seat. The GDA had won 10 seats. It has been allocated two women’s and one non-Muslim seats. The TLP had won two general seats and it has been allocated one reserved seat for women.

Elections were postponed in one constituency of PS-87-Malir Karachi, while results are withheld in two constituencies – PS-48 Mirpurkhas and PS-54 Tharparkar – due to litigation.

K-P Assembly

In the 124-member Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, the PTI is leading with 84 seats. The MMA has 13 seats, the ANP nine, the PML-N six, the PPP five and the PML-Q one seat. Election was postponed at two constituencies – PK-78 Peshawar and PK-99 DI Khan.

Election results are withheld in one constituency – PK-23 Shangla – where the number of women voters was less than 10 per cent of the total votes. The PTI had won 64 general seats while two independent candidates joined it later. It has been allocated 16 women’s and two non-Muslim seats.

The MMA won 10 general seats. It has been allocated two women’s and one non-Muslim seats.

Balochistan Assembly

In the 65-member Balochistan Assembly, the Balochistan Awami Party has 20 seats, the MMA 10, the BNP-M 10, the PTI seven, the ANP four and the BNP-Awami two. The PML-N, JWP, PkMAP and HDP have one seat each in the provincial legislature.

Elections were postponed in one constituency while results of two constituencies are withheld. The provincial assembly has 11 seats reserved for women and three for non-Muslim.

The BAP had won 15 general seats. It has been allocated four women’s and one non-Muslim seats. The MMA had won seven general seats.  It has been allocated two women’s and one non-Muslim seats. The BNP-M had won seven general seats; it has been allocated two women’s and one non-Muslim seats.

The PTI had won five general seats while one independent candidate joined it. The PTI has been allocated one seat reserved for women. The ANP had won three general seats. It has been allocated one seat reserved for women. One seat for women is yet to be allocated.